Castalia (ship)
 As Stena Arcadia in Venice, 1996
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The Castalia was a ferry of the Greek shipping company Hellenic Mediterranean Lines , which entered service in 1974. From 1988 the ship was used for cruises , but could continue to transport vehicles until 1991. During its service life, the Castalia had a total of fourteen different names and changed hands sixteen times until it was scrapped in India in 2010 under the name Royale .
history
The Castalia was built as a combined ferry and cruise ship in the Kynossoura Dock Yard in Salamis and launched on October 1, 1973. On May 6, 1974, it was delivered to the Hellenic Mediterranean Lines based in Piraeus and shortly afterwards used in the liner service between Brindisi and Patras .
The ship stayed on this route for fourteen years without incidents until it was sold to the Stena Gulf Line in 1988 and renamed Scandinavian Saga . The Scandinavian Saga was towed to Tampa in May 1988 and sold to SeaEscape in June 1988 , who used it as a cruise ship in the Caribbean . This reduced the number of passengers to 369.
In 1991 SeaEscape chartered the ship to California Cruises as the Pride of San Diego . The ship was then rebuilt, which meant that the car deck was no longer needed and replaced by lounges and cabins.
After the end of the charter by California Cruises, the Pride of San Diego was sold to the Stena America Line in 1992 and renamed Tropic Star II . After only two years, however, the ship was decommissioned already back and under the name Stena Arcadia in Venice launched .
After a year of lay-in, the cruise line Empress Cruise bought the ship. Although it has already been renamed Emerald Empress , it never got under way for Empress Cruise, but instead hung up in Freeport .
In 1998, the ship, now renamed Sofia , changed hands twice without any result until it was bought by Commodore Cruise Lines in 1999 . From April 14, 2000, the ship was used as the Enchanted Sun for casino cruises from San Diego to Rosarito . After just one year, however, the ship was laid up again in Freeport. It changed hands again and was offered for sale as a talisman until it was bought back by SeaEscape Cruises in 2002 and renamed Manistal . However, the ship did not get under way again for SeaEscape, but was instead offered for sale again.
In 2003 it returned to service as the St Tropez for two years as a casino ship under the leadership of Circle Line Cruises until it was sold again in May 2005. After two further changes of ownership and a brief renaming to Fortune Star in January 2006, the Royal Prime Corporation bought the ship as Casino Royale in March 2006 .
Despite a planned reuse as a casino ship, the Casino Royale did not return to service. After four years lay in Tampa, the ship was sold in August 2010 for scrapping in Alang , India . To this end, it was renamed for the last time and given the shortened name Royale . On October 14, 2010, the 36-year-old ship arrived in Alang, where it was scrapped from October 27, 2010.
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Footnotes
- ↑ M / S CASTALIA. Retrieved October 14, 2015 .
- ^ Peter Knego: Breaking Blues. May 10, 2010, accessed October 14, 2015 .